Ferndale police Friday released a photo of a man they say pulled a knife on another man and chased him inside a gas station.

Police are looking for tips to identify the man in the April 4 incident at the Mobil gas station at Woodward and Ardmore.

The man the assailant was chasing inside the store escaped injury and a clerk called police. The attack happened at 1:14 a.m.

The man with the knife was gone by the time police arrived.

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Police said the man with the knife turned on the other man, 20, when they were walking separately along northbound Woodward.

The knifeman became inexplicably suspicious of the other man, who happened to be walking behind him.

“The suspect spun around, pulled out a knife and asked if the victim was trying to rob him,” Ferndale Police Lt. William Wilson said in a statement. “The victim tried to ignore the threatening man and continued walking.”

The suspect followed the other man, who ran into the gas station store to try to escape, police said.

The man with the knife is described as white, with light brown hair, a beard and mustache.

Anyone with information is asked to call Ferndale Police at 248-541-3650.